Republican Party of Kentucky

The Republican Party of Kentucky was a conservative political party in the US state of Kentucky that was affiliated with the US Republican Party. The party began to challenge the Kentucky Democratic Party during the 1940s, although it lacked power for several decades. It was not until 2015 that the party began to win state office elections, and the party held 27/38 State Senate seats and 47/100 State House of Representatives seats in 2016.